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PharData::addEmptyDir

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL phar >= 2.0.0)

PharData::addEmptyDirAdd an empty directory to the tar/zip archive

Description

public PharData::addEmptyDir(string $directory): void

With this method, an empty directory is created with path dirname. This method is similar to ZipArchive::addEmptyDir().

Parameters

directory

The name of the empty directory to create in the phar archive

Return Values

no return value, exception is thrown on failure.

Examples

Example #1 A PharData::addEmptyDir() example

<?php
try {
$a = new PharData('/path/to/my.tar');

$a->addEmptyDir('/full/path/to/file');
// demonstrates how this file is stored
$b = $a['full/path/to/file']->isDir();
} catch (
Exception $e) {
// handle errors here
}
?>

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